not to ruin the magic, but 6 second exposure with a large studio strobe with a snoot in my hands. I pressed it once in the center of the frame and then moved left and right pressing it again. The one in the center is strongest because that first pop had full pwer. After that all the others had less than full power so they aren't as bright.

since you've managed to do such an amazing artistic and technically proficient job of including your beard five times in a single photo, are you now able to go four days with pictures that don't show your beard without hearing the no-beard-in-the-photo complaints?